Deltona Fire Board To Buy 50 Hydrants

Deltona Fire District commissioners have approved the purchase of 50 fire hydrants as the first step in a $100,000 expansion program.

Fire Chief Michael Holland said installation by Deltona Utilities probably will begin in about a month. The commission's action came at a meeting Monday night.

''We'll probably be able to buy about another 30 hydrants,'' Holland said. ''That's not definite yet. We have to wait and see just what the cost is going to be for buying them and getting them in.''

He said Deltona Utilities will receive the first 50 hydrants in about two weeks and will install about eight a month, beginning in a ''couple of weeks after they get them.''

The first eight hydrants will be installed near the intersections of Normandy Boulevard and Arlene Drive, Normandy and Stillwater, Normandy and Cavalier, Fort Smith Boulevard and Rookery, Antoinette and Gloria, Geraldine and Gallagher, Providence Boulevard and Monticello, and Sylvia Drive and Stillwater.

Currently, about 80 hydrants are located in Deltona, which has about 400 miles of waterlines.